It was a slow-starting night, but by the time the crowd gathered we had 11 open mic poets, plus our featured reader, William Seaton. But first I invoked the Muse, tonight the sadly recently-gone Jayne Cortez with her wonderful, rhythmic, amusing poem,…
Hudson Valley Writers Guild Newsletter March 2013 In This Issue Guild Announcements: 2013 Short Fiction Contest, Call for submissions from mystery writers for March 23rd reading, New Newsletter Editor Member Announcements: Alan Catlin,
UGT President, Nitty Gritty Slam coach / open mic host, poet, teacher, father Mojavi is also the Northeast representative / coordinator for The Sweet Spot, “a high energy, heart-pounding, fist
Sylvia Barnard is a very busy poet these days. She has been featured at the Live From the Living Room series and the Sunday Four Poetry Open Mic as well as
We just posted about a workshop led by Janet Hamill taking place this Saturday at the College of Poetry in Sugar Loaf. Right after that workshop William Seaton will be
Janet Hamill will offer a writing workshop titled “We are the Stars: The Magic and Wisdom of Indigenous Poetics” on Saturday, March 2 from 1:00 until 3:00 pm on March 2 at the Seligmann
In celebration of National Poetry Month, Albany Poets is proud to present the 2013 Albany Word Fest featuring the poetry and spoken word of upstate New York. This year’s event
It’s time for the annual Hudson Valley Writers Guild writing contest. Last year was the contest for poetry, this year they are looking for your short fiction with a great
2013 SHORT FICTION CONTEST GUIDELINES The HVWG writing contest alternates genres annually. This year’s contest is in short fiction. Winners will be awarded cash prizes and invited to read their
Jessie & Alex get ready How could I not be there? All women poets in the Slam! But first an open mic (the only way I could read my poems
Once a year we have a slam event that goes against one of the biggest rules that we have spent so much time telling you about. You have been told
We love to document the poetry readings and open mics in the area whenever we can. Dan Wilcox has been taking pictures of poets for years and has a great
